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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XI. | |
| REVOLT IN NEW MEXICO. | |
| Disaffection among the inhabitants of New Mexico — Murder of Governor Bent and others — March of Colonel Price — Defeat of the enemy at Cañada — Affair at Moro — The Pass of Embudo — Storming of Puebla de Taos — Suppression of the Revolt — Depredations in the Valley of the Moro — Skirmishes with the Marauders — Quiet restored in the Province | 321 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| CONTRERAS AND CHURUBUSCO. | |
| Route from Puebla — The Valley of Mexico — Fortifications — Turning Lake Chalco — Affair at Oka Laka — March of Major Lally from Vera Cruz to Jalapa — Arrival of the American army at San Augustin — Attempt to reach the San Angel road — Crossing the Pedregal — The Night Bivouac — Storming the Intrenchments at Contreras — The Enemy driven from San Antonio — Battle of Churubusco — The Victors at the Gates of the Capital | 334 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| EL MOLINO DEL REY. | |
| The Armistice — Fruitless attempt at Negotiation — Bad faith of the Mexican authorities — Political dissensions — Violation and Rupture of the Truce — Correspondence between General Scott and Santa Anna — Reconnaissances — Assault of El Molino del Rey and Casa de Mata — Severity of the Action — The Enemy driven from their position | 374 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| CAPTURE OF MEXICO | |
| Preparations for a final attack on the City and its defences — Heavy Batteries planted — The Cannonade — Storming of Chapultepec — Advance of General Quitman to the Garita de Bélen and the Ciudadela — Operations of General Worth on the San Cosmé Causeway — Flight of Santa Anna and his Army — Entrance of General Scott into the Capital — The Leperos — Quiet restored in the City — Change in the Mexican Administration | 398 |
